snapcraft failed to find my multipass and proceeded to dropping me in a multipass shell... $ snapcraft --version snapcraft, version 3.0.1 $ snapcraft --debug Launching a VM. snapcraft 3.0.1 from Canonical✓ installed You need multipass installed to build snaps which use the base keyword. Would you like to install it now? [y/N]: multipass is required to continue. root@snapcraft-multipass:~# exit # ^^^ dropped in multipass shell ^^^ $ snap info multipass name: multipass summary: Ubuntu at your fingertips publisher: Canonical✓ license: unset description: | Multipass gives you Ubuntu VMs in seconds. Just run `multipass launch` and it'll do all the setup for you. Check out `multipass find` for a list of available images. More details you can find under `multipass help`. commands: - multipass - multipass.virsh services: multipass.libvirt-bin: simple, enabled, inactive multipass.multipassd: simple, enabled, inactive snap-id: mA11087v6dR3IEcQLgICQVjuvhUUBUKM tracking: edge refresh-date: 3 days ago, at 12:36 CET channels: stable: – candidate: – beta: 2018.10.1 (461) 104MB classic edge: 2018.10.1-114-g0d6831a (509) 109MB classic installed: 2018.10.1-114-g0d6831a (509) 109MB classic $ which multipass /snap/bin/multipass